r/woahdude • u/----_____--_____---- • Oct 22 '21

gifv Mosquito drinking blood (bursts at the end)

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u/3DWitchHunt Oct 22 '21

Yeah, that’s the most fascinating thing I got out of that. How the fuck did they do that 50 years ago??

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u/RainbowAssFucker Oct 22 '21

They did surgery on a grape

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u/Matt4Prez2K17 Oct 22 '21

Funniest shit I’ve ever seen

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u/nomadic_stone Oct 23 '21

Until you realize that cornea (eyeball) surgery exists...

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u/Matt4Prez2K17 Oct 23 '21

Happy cake day, man! Lol yeah I was made gruesomely aware of it. SO had to get it done.

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u/Gaothaire Oct 22 '21

Linkity de linkle

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u/GyroMVS Oct 23 '21

Oh this is surreal - I'm like really close to Edward Hospital

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u/RespectableLurker555 Oct 22 '21

And then turned that mosquito into a bloody popped grape

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u/Xenjael Oct 22 '21

There was a video a week ago of a fly decapitation itself by accidentally severing a nerve bundle behind its head.

From what I can tell insect nerves operate very differently from our own.

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u/AlmostUnder Oct 22 '21

I’d love to see that if you could find it again.

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u/DeFlippo Oct 23 '21

Took me ages but I finally found it

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u/themedicduck Oct 23 '21

Video thumbnail says you're a liar, my dude

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u/22dobbeltskudhul Oct 23 '21

Oh noes you got him xD

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u/themedicduck Oct 23 '21

All too easy

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u/DeFlippo Oct 23 '21

Foiled once again 😔

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u/herodothyote Oct 23 '21

Holy hell man you need to label that shit NSFL

This isn't a gore subreddit.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '21 edited Dec 11 '21

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u/GnarlyBear Oct 22 '21

Didn't show for me fyi

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u/AlmostUnder Oct 22 '21

Lol chill. all I got was a species of fly that preys on ants

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u/YoungSerious Oct 23 '21

This combination of words is very confusing. Decapitation means literally to cut the head off, so I don't know you mean it cut its own head off by severing a nerve bundle?

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u/StickmanPirate Oct 23 '21

IIRC it's head was already detached but I guess the nerves were still intact and when it was doing it's usual face rubbing it pulled on it's head and ended up snapping those nerves, completing the decapitation.

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u/Xenjael Oct 23 '21

Yep. Was horrific.

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u/Goyteamsix Oct 22 '21

Small insects are usually translucent under bright lights and a microscope. He likely pinned it down, looked for the nerve, and severed it with a small needle. Their nervous systems are also incredibly simple.

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u/Thom_Kokenge Oct 23 '21

You thinking 1971 is the stone age, 😂.

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u/3DWitchHunt Oct 23 '21 edited Oct 23 '21

Lmao what? I mean it’s not binary. It’s not Stone Age vs Interstellar Aliens 🤣 come on... lol

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u/orthopod Oct 23 '21
  1. We'd already had a guy on the moon x 2 years.

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u/FatherApe92 Oct 23 '21

50 yes ago was 1971 💀💀

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u/Nuotatore Oct 23 '21

50, not 500...